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Blog entries are related to the mainframe operating system z/VSE. Ingolf will share news, hints & tips or any topic that might be of interest. Please let me know, what you would like to read. You may send feedback to salm@de.ibm.com

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In between we uploaded presentations held during the 8th European GSE/IBM Technical University for z/VSE, z/VM and Linux on System z.
They are about z/VSE, z/VM, Linux on System z, middleware and hardware. Most of the presentations are in English.
If you are interested, you can find them here .

I am not sure, if you monitor the CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 fix list. It's here . Just a few days ago a new APAR was releases - PI26013 (PTF UI22421).
The APAR description is here . It ensures, that all VSAM ACBs for a base cluster are correctly closed.
You may find the APAR and RCF documentation updates for CICS TS for VSE/ESA 1.1.1 useful too. That web page is here .
... and finally we updated our security and system integrity service portal too. It now contains the openSSL APAR / PTF information I... [More]

There was a new IBM Redbook just published, that may be of interest for all Linux on System z users. The Redbook has the title: End-to-End High Availability Solution for System z from a Linux Perspective. It provides high availability concepts, explains single points of failure and why to consider high availability.
The Redbook includes planning for an end-to-end scenario for Linux on System z, z/VM an z/OS, but may also be useful for z/VSE users running Linux on System z.
The IBM Redbook is here .
If you like the short version,... [More]

We just updated our z/VSE Live Virtual Class (LVC) web page for the next z/VSE LVC with the topic: z/VSE SCSI Support and Migration Options.
The LVC is scheduled for December 9, 2014.
More information on that new LVC is here .
As you may know, z/VSE supports ECKD devices as well as SCSI devices in LPAR or in a z/VM guest.
The LVC gives an overview of z/VSE's SCSI support and supported devices. It will also provide some information on the migration from ECKD to SCSI.
I also had several SCSI posts on my blog.... [More]